Pencil, penholder, and like article.



PATENTED AUG. I4, 1906. y T. I'. HANDLY. '7 PENCIL, PENHDLDER, AND LIKE ARTICLE.

APPLICATION ILED APB.. 2. 1,906.

'erally' placed in the UNITED STATES PATENT OF l Trio-MAS r. HANDLY, or AiJLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA.

PENCIL, PENHOLDEFL AND LIKE vAFFI-ICLEI- l To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS F. HANDLY, a citizen of the United States of America, re- Siding at Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain newV and useful Improvements in Pencils, Penholders, and Like Articles,l of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

y This invention 'relates to certain new and useful improvements in pencils, enholders, and such articles as by force of habit are mouth either to be eld or moistened. Y

The primary object of this invention is to prevent persons from contracting the habit of placing pencils and penholders `in their mouths, which is very injurious, to health owing to the poisonous nature of the lead within the pencils and thepaint and colorin matter used in decorating. ythe same. o this end I use a compound or mixture having qualities iitted to impart to the taste a sensation as if the Atongue had been bitten or subjected to the action of something sharp, acrid, or bitter. The compound or mixture is suitably embedded within the vends of a pencil or penholder, or the lead, wood, or material from which the pencil and penholders are. constructed .may be coated or saturatedwith the mixture or compound; but I preferably embed the compound in small quantities within the pencil or penholder-7 whereby it will not affect the hands of a ticles.

With the above and other objects in view the invention finally consists in the novel construction, combination, andarrangement of parts tol be hereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In describing the invention in detail reference isA had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisapplication, and

wherein like numerals of reference indicate like wliic I Figure 1 is a side elevation of a pencil constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig.. 3 is a plan of a ortion of one part of a pencil, illustratinga s ht modiiication. Fig. 4 is a cross-sectiona view taken on the line i: a; of Figf3. Fi 5 is a plan of a paper" pencil constructe in accordance with my invention. Fig. 6 is a side elevation,

parts throughout the several views, in

Spec'cation of Letters Patent.

Application led April 2, 1906. Serial No; 309,443.

trated in Fig. 5.

person handling the ar- Patented Aug. 14, 1,906.

artly in section, of a penholder. Fig. is a ongitudinal sectional view of the pencil illus- Fi 8 is a fragmentary sectional view ofthe en of a penholder. Fig. 9 is a cross-sectional view of theA pencil illustrated inFigs. 1 and 2 ofthe drawings. Fig. l() is a similar view illustrating a slightly modiiied form of constructionn Fi 11 isa cross-sectional View of the pencil il ustrated in Figs. 5tand 7 of the drawings.

. To put my invention intoractice, I use .a compound. onmixture of'a armless nature having a shar i which will ten to make a tongue or the skin smart when contacting with the same. Nu-

piercing-or stinging taste,`

merous chemical mixtures or compounds of a harmless character can be readily used; but I referably use a compound prepared by infusing bitter herbs in water-such bitter and aromatic herbs as gentian, quassia, wormwood or weed, aloes, cascarilla, orange-peel, 4

or compound embedded -within suitable recesses or concavities provided therefor inthe body of the pencil or penholder.l f

' In Figs.- 1,l 2, and 9 of thedrawings I have illustrated the pencil made of two pieces of` wood inclosing a stick of lead. The stick of lead, Slate, graphite, or other material, which I have designated 1, may be coated or dip ed to-provide the same with an exterior s 2 of theV com ounds or mixtures heretofore mentioned." n lieu of coating or dipping the stick of lead, slate, graphite, or other material 1 the grooves 3 and 4, formed in the ieces of wood 5 and 6, may be coated with t' e compound or mixture.

The pencil illustrated in Figs-5, 7, and 11 l is similarly constructed to the pencil just describedr f In Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings the portion of the pencil illustrated is provided with a plurality of recesses, notches, or concavities 7, containing a small portion of compound or mixture, while the pencil illustrated in Fig. 10 of the drawings has its grooves'8 filled with the com ound or mixture, said grooves being referab V exten ing lon itiidinally of the pencil.

The pen-'ho der 9 (illustrated in Fig. 6v ofthe drawings) has its end provided with a longitudinally-disposed recess v10, which is filled ly diametrically opposed and IIO With alcom ound or mixture, While the end of the pen olderl-l (illustrated in-:Fi 6 of thedrawings) is provided with a plura ity of recesses or notches-12,which are. also filled with the com ound or mixture.

description, taken in f" From the oregoin p aWings, it will' be oboonnection With the served that I havedevised aplurality of Wa s. in which the `compound or mixture may el embedded Within a pencil orpenholdery for the-purpose l heretofore mentioned. I do not care to corinne myself to the article in con@ nection with which the' poignant mixture or.'

compound is used, the compound or mixture, which. is of a harmless nature, simply being 'employed to break children andi persons of vthe habit of placing the ends ot pencilsl in i their mouths.

In providing graphitepencils orsimilar articles with. a bitter ingredient, such as aloes, I not onlybreak ufp. t

the vgraphite or lea 10i. apencil when Writing, but prevent school-children from placing the rubber or unshar ned ends of the pencils in their mouths. -t is a well-known fact 'that many diseases are transmitted by germs and microbes. being carriedf-rom one person to.

e' habit of Inoistening seavsv ter. compound or mixture for pencils, penholders, andv similar articles.- y

Such changes as are permissible by the appended claims may be resorted to Without de-l parting from the spirit and scope of the invention. v

What I' claim, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is- A l. A pencil or like article having a deterrent substance-placed therein.

2. A pencil, penholder or ing a bitter mixture or compound placed therein.

3. A pencil7 penholder or like article havr-y ingv a bitter therein. l

4;. A pencil, penholdery or like article having a bitter mixture or compound placed mixture or compoundl concealed therein and extending longitudinally ot the article.

,5r A' pencil', penholder oijlikeV article having a bitter mixture or' compound placed therein, and extendin `longitudinally ofthe article throughout its engt 6. A leadepencilor like article havingabi'tter mixturel or compoundlaced therein and extending along` the lengt thereof. ad'acent to the lead-containing boreof the pencil.

In testimony Whereoi` I affix my signature v in the presence of. two Witnesses. l

v'll`.'1l()ltLAS ll". Witnesses:

' H. C. E vER'r,

JOHN S'rnvnNsoN.

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